English Occasions [antikvár]

PREFACE " English Occasions " has been written for the purpose of increasing the vocabulary of students who have been learning English for some years. Most of the " new words" were selected from Dr. West's " Words for All Occasions." Some of the reading matter is conversation, just the ordinary conversation of English people; for English, besides being a difficult school subject that many of the world's school children have to learn, is also the language used by more than two hundred million people in their daily lives. The rest of the reading matter deals with the ordinary affairs of people's lives and is written, for the most part, in a conversational style. A few short stories and jokes have been put in to liven up the pages. Various points of Grammar and Idiom that are a frequent source of trouble to non-English-speaking students have also been included, the whole making a mixture that will, I hope, be agreeable to those who have to take it. A. J. To this revised edition, Section XVI, " William in Trouble," has been revised to conform with present procedure in a magistrate's court. A few minor amendments have also been made. A. J.